Jeroboam thought thus: If the people go up to Jerusalem to worship the
Lord, their hearts will again turn to the house of David. He therefore
set up two golden calves, and the people went and sacrificed to them.
The Lord warned him, saying: Thou hast made thyself strange gods,
therefore I will cut off thy house. His son became king, but was killed,
and the whole family destroyed. There came kings of other families; but
all were wicked and worshiped strange gods. (1 Kings 12:25-15:30.)